Amarillo Rifle & Pistol Club

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Upcoming & Recent Events

The Amarill Rifle & Pistol Club offer a variety of programs and events for both Club Members and members of the general Public.
 
Events rangle from Educational Events and Fun Shoots to Competition Matchs and Tournaments at the highest level. We also provide range facilities for local Non-Profit Organizations to conduct training and education for their members.

Upcoming Events

August Events

The ARPC has lots of events coming up. Most all events are open to members and the public alike. Check the Club Calendar for times and locations. Unless otherwise stated below, email inquiries to amarilloriflepistolclub@gmail.com.
 
Action Pistol: The September Action Pistol Match is September 28th. The Safety Briefing is at 8:00am with a first round downrange at 8:30. This event is for all competitors interested in Action Pistol. Our Matches are not affiliated with any of the National organizations, like IDPA or USPSA, so they should be considered a “For Fun” event and they are open to the public. The entry fee is $5.00 per shooter and Preregistration is strongly encouraged. To preregister or with questions, email us at arpc-pistol@mail.com.
 
Precision Pistol: The September Outdoor Bullseye 1800 has been cancelled . Several of our competitors will be traveling to Raton, NM to compete in the New Mexico State Match. Wish them luck!
 
Smallbore Benchrest: The September Smallbore Benchrest Match is on September 14th. Open to Club Members and the Public, there is a $2.00 entry fee. The targets are set at 100yds and we have 10 Benches. If there are enough shooters, we  will run a second relay.
 
Centerfire Benchrest: The September Centerfire Benchrest Match is on September 21th. Open to Club Members and the Public, there is a $2.00 entry fee. Any Centerfire Rifle is allowed in these matches. The targets are at 200yds and we have 10 Benches. If there are enough shooters, we will run a second relay.
 
Youth Smallbore Program: With the coming of September comes the start of the Youth Smallbore Program. Registration is scheduled for September 7th. The registration, as well as the practice sessions will be held in the Indoor Range classroom and Range.
 
District 4-H Smallbore: With schools closed for the Summer, the 4-H Activities are on vacation as well. They will return in October.
 
NRA Smallbore Rifle: The ARPC will be hosting an NRA Smallbore Rifle Match on September 21st and 22nd. This is the Top of Texas Conventional Prone Match, and it will be held on the ARPC Smallbore Range. Registration is require.

Recent Events

Panhandle Indoor Precision Pistol Championship

The Amarillo Rifle & Pistol Club hosted the first ever Panhandle Indoor Precision Pistol Championship, which may become known as the “Annual PIPPC Tournament”. We’ll just have to wait and see! Running from April 5th thru April 7th, the club hosted shooters from Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and even Wyoming. Shooters were able to choose between completing all three matches of the Tournament, ,22 Match, Centerfire Match, and .45 Match, all in one day or they could choose to fire one or two matches on one day and the remainder on another day.
 
The winners, like the competitors came from all over.
Derek Bergin 2700 Aggregate Match Winner – Timnath, Colorado
Wayne Harris 2700 Aggregate Match First Expert – Arvado, Colorado
Kenneth Warner 2700 Aggregate Match First Sharpshooter/Marksman – Granbury, Texas
Mark Timmons .22 Only Grand Aggregate Match Winner – Amarillo, Texas
Roberta Nicholson .22 Only Grand Aggregate Match First Expert/Sharpshooter – Bernalillo, New Mexico
Thaland Roberts .22 Only Grand Aggregate Match Marksman – Amarillo, Texas
 
We want to offer a Special Thanks to Daryl Taramasso, the ARPC Precision Pistol Director for putting together a great Tournament. He went the extra mile in getting the Match registered with the NRA and making sure that it ran all three days without a problem. He not only organized and managed the tournament, he called the line for nine complete matches over the three day tournament. And our thanks also go out to Teresa Taramasso for being the Record Keeper for the Match results.

NRA Pistol Sectional and 1800 Match

The Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club (ARPC) hosted a Precision Pistol Sectional and 1800 aggregate match, the weekend of March 2-3. ARPC has the only club-owned indoor range with turning targets in the state. They can hold matches at 50 feet, which is required for the Sectional, and at 25 yards for other indoor events. Sectional scores are submitted to the NRA by May 1 of every year, so shooters are competing with individuals from other clubs for a national title. Final results are usually published in July.

This year one shooter traveled from South Dakota to attend the matches. Others came from New Mexico and various Texas cities from outside the Panhandle.

This year’s winner of the Sectional was Kenneth G. Warner of Granbury with an 811-12x out of 900 possible. It was a close one since the second and third-place awards went to two shooters with scores of 810-12x and 810-11x; Bill Stamper of Hill City, South Dakota, and Larry Malin of Albuquerque. You can be sure the stat office triple-checked all their scorecards.

Rachel Rogers of Amarillo took first place in the Master Class and Gayle Dye of Albuquerque was First Expert. First Sharpshooter was William Feiereisen of Santa Fe and Mark Gallagher of Wichita Falls took first Marksman honors.

Following the Sectional, shooters competed in a standard NRA 1800 aggregate pistol match, which consisted of a 900 .22 Pistol Match and a 900 Centerfire Pistol Match. Five competitors opted to fire the .22 pistol for both 900s.

Overall winner of the 1800 was Bill Stamper with a 1628- 28x. Gayle Dye was First Expert while Mark Timmons of Amarillo took First Sharpshooter. Mark Gallagher was First Marksman.

For the .22 only shooters, Bertie Nicholson of Bernalillo, New Mexico took first place and Thaland Roberts of Amarillo won first Marksman.

Next year’s Sectional and 1800 Match are scheduled for the first weekend in March at ARPC.

Bill Stamper, K.G. Warner and Larry Malin

August 2024 Action Pistol Match

Temps again reached over 100 degrees on Saturday afternoon, but we managed to finish before it quite got that hot. But it was close!. The August Action Pistol Match had a great turnout with 24 Competitors. This is the biggest turnout so far. It seems every month that we have several first time competitors and this month’s match was no exception. 
 
As a result of the length of the July Match, not finishing until after 3:00, we made several changes. The first and most obvious is that we setup four complete stages at the same time. No, we didn’t run them all at the same time. There is no way to run more than one shooter at a time safely. But this setup did save some time clearing and resetting between stages.
 
We ran a total of five stages. We shot the first stage and after alll shooters were done, as a group, they moved to the second stage.  Once the group got to the third stage, they were a safe distance away, and we were able to tear down Stage 1 and rebuild it as Stage 5. Another difference was that since we planned to run more stage, we made the stages smaller. The Round Count for each stage was limited to 18-20 rounds each. We had planned a sixth stage, but with 24 shooters, it still took almost an hour to shoot and score all the competitors.
 
Another change was in the firearm Classes or Divisions. Instead of shooting a separate PPC Stage as promised, we decided to follow the general practice of the IDPA and USPSA and just make the PCC one of the Firearm Divisions.  It looks like that will be the practice going forward. 
 
We are still looking at ways to speed things up, so there may be more changes to come. In the September Match, we are going to try a different layout and possibly run the match differently. hopefully we’ll find that right mix. Come join us on September 28, 2024!

Armed Women of America Chapter Meeting Intro to Defensive Shotgun

Members of the High Plains and Claude chapters of Armed Women of America combined on Saturday May 18 for an Intro to Defensive Shotgun class at Amarillo Rifle and Pistol Club.  Eight ladies attended, seven of which had never shot a shotgun previously.

Instructors, Jeff Tormey and Jordan Coulson, ARPC club members, provided a classroom lecture first on the history of the shotgun and its use in both law enforcement and home defense.

On the range, the ladies received instruction on operation of a shotgun and shooting techniques.  Jeff and Jordan demonstrated the importance of knowing how one’s shotgun patterns with various loads.  Additionally, ladies were shown the difference between the same load in two different shotguns.

Each of the ladies then was given individual instruction on manipulating a shotgun, from stance, to loading, to pulling the trigger.

Each of the ladies left feeling they knew more about the shotgun than they knew at the start and was confident in her ability to maneuver, operate the gun, and successfully mitigate recoil.

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